Monthly Archives: April, 2019

Crime

[Video] Sri Lanka serial blasts: As ISIS claims responsibility CCTV footage of suspect surfaces

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

The Sri Lankan government had yesterday stated that a domestic terror outfit the National Thowheed Jama'ath is responsible for the attacks.

News Reports

Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi makes a self goal as he tries to play the ‘caste’ card on Hans Raj Hans’ nomination for Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Abhishek Manu Singhvi was called out by twitterati for his faux pas on caste politics

News Reports

West Bengal: Presiding officer, polling agent cast vote on behalf of voters, bombs thrown at polling stations

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Large scale violence and irregularities have been witnessed during the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal

Fact-Check

The Print publishes a bogus and statistically inaccurate ‘research’ to claim retweeting PM Modi increases chances to get LS ticket

Azaad - 23 April, 2019

Titled “Retweeting Modi increases BJP MPs’ chances of getting a Lok Sabha ticket: Study,” The Print article was written by Barbara De Alfaro, a student of political science at UC Berkeley

Crime

Bijnor: Asif, Rafiq and Rihan shoot three Dalit men over argument, police on high alert fearing communal clashes

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Bulaki Singh's son, Somapal has registered a complaint against the accused. The police have been investigating the matter closely. Meanwhile, the car used in the murder has been recovered from Delhi.

News Reports

Sri Lanka terror attacks on Easter were ‘retaliation’ to Christchurch attacks: Sri Lanka Deputy Defence Minister

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister has said in the parliament that the suicide bombing was a retaliation to the Christchurch attack in New Zealand last month

Opinions

The face of our ‘liberals’: They wept for Christchurch and rightly so, but where is the outrage on Sri Lanka?

Ashish Shukla - 23 April, 2019

The bomb blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed over 200 people are markedly different from Christchurch shooting of only a month ago.

News Reports

‘For five seconds, I was shocked. I was very angry,’ Sumitra Mahajan on Rahul Gandhi’s infamous wink

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

"But when he returned to his seat, started speaking again and winked, I was very angry. I said this is not proper. Actually, the hugging was not proper either. But this was a step too much," Sumitra Mahajan said.

Politics

Convicted felon and Congress leader Hardik Patel makes a racist remark, says ‘if I want to look for Chowkidar, I will go to Nepal’

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Hardik Patel said that if he wants to look for a 'Chowkidaar', he will go to Nepal and instead, he wants a Prime Minister who can strengthen the economy of the country, education and work for the youth and armed forces.

News Reports

I-T department seizes Rs. 8 crores from North East Region, highest ever seizure from NE during elections

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

According to the Income Tax department, cash to the tune of Rs 1.21 crore was seized during Election Expenditure Monitoring for 2014 elections making this seizure of Rs. 8 crores the highest ever

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